Saw-gage.



Patented lune H, I901.

D. C. STEELE.

SAW GAGE.

(Application filed Dec. 26, 1900.)

INVENTOF am'el afi ieele ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

DANIEL CARLOS STEELE, OF VILLAGE MILLS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALE TO BERTRAND EVENDER BALL, OF sAME PLACE.

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srnorrrcA rlorrrormir-l part of Letters; Fatent No. 676,282, dated June 11, 1901.

' Application filed December 26, 1900. Serial No. 41,080. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LDANIEL OARLos STEELE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Village Mills, in the county of Hardin and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Saw-Gage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved saw-gage,.more especially designed for use on saws having cleaner-teeth and arranged to permit accurate filing of the cleaner-teeth without leaving an undesirable bur and without danger of filing the teeth too short for proper working in a cut.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. 7

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

The body A of the saw-gage is provided on I the back with the usualclamping devices B for clamping a file for joining and side-dress.- ing purposes. On the upper end of the body Aare formed flanges 0, against the under side of which abut the cutting-teeth D of a saw D, having a cleaner-tooth D between sets of" cutting-teeth D,as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Each cleaner-tooth extends through a vertically-disposed slot E in the head E. of a cleaner-tooth gage E, arranged between the flanges C and provided with a V-shaped top E for filing the projecting bevels of the cleaner-tooth D to give the latter the proper shape without danger of filing the tooth too short or forming a bur on the cutting-point, as is so frequently the case with saw-gages heretofore constructed.

The cleaner-tooth gage E has its shank E mounted to slide vertically in bearings A, formed on the body A, and said shank is provided with an elongated slot Eithrongh which extends a bolt F, screwing in the body A to hold the cleaner-tooth gage in position in the bearings, but to allow vertical movement thereof. The lower end E of the shank E is tapped and engaged by a screw-rod G, mount ed to turn in the bottom of the body A, and on said screw-rod is coiled a spring H, resting with one end on the body and pressing with the other end against the end of the shank E so as to hold the cleauer-tooth gage in an uppermost position.

Now by the user applying a screw-driver or other tool on the head of the screw-rod E the latter can be readily turned so as to adjust the cleaner-tooth gage vertically in its bearings A to bring the V-shaped top E in proper relation to the flanges C and allow of conven iently filing the cleaner-tooth to produce a sharp cutting edge and to give the cleanertooth the desired length relative to the length of the adjacent cutting-teeth D, as is well known.

It is evident that by having the cleanertooth gage formed with a V-shaped top the cleaner-tooth can be readily filed at both bevels without change of position of the saw in the device, to give an accurate shape to the cleaner-tooth, and thereby insure proper work in the out made by the cutting-teeth D of the saw when the latter is in action.

It will further be seen that by turning the screw-rod G a ready adjustment of the cleanertooth can be had, it being understood that the spring H yieldingly supports the cleaner-tooth gage.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A saw-gage having a cleaner-tooth gage provided with an opening for the passage of -the cleaner-tooth and having a V-sh'aped top to permit of accurate filing of the cleanerthe lower end of the said shank, anda spring on said screw-rod and engaging the body and the end of the shank, as set forth. 1

3. A saw-gage comprising a body portion provided on its upper part with flanges against the under side of which the cutting-teeth of a saw are adapted to abut, a cleaner-tooth gage arranged between the said flanges and having an opening for the passage of the cleaner-tooth, and a V-shaped top to permit of accurate filing of the cleaner-tooth at both bevels, without change of position of the saw in the device, the cleaner-tooth gage having a-shank mounted to slide vertically in bearings on the body of the saw-gage to bring the V-shaped top of the cleaner-tooth gage in proper relation to the said flanges, and means for adjusting the cleaner-tooth gage, as set forth.

4. A saw-gage having a cleaner-tooth gage mounted to slide, a spring pressing said cleaner tooth gage, and means for adjusting the cleaner-tooth gage against the tension of the spring, as set forth. v

5. A saw-gage having a cleaner-tooth gage mounted to slide, a. spring pressing said cleaner-tooth gage, and an, adjusting screwrod engaging the cleaner-tooth gage to adjust the latter against the tension of its spring, as set forth.

6. A saw-gage having a cleaner-tooth gage mounted to slide and formed with a V-shaped top, a spring pressing the cleaner-tooth gage, and a screw-rod screwin gin said cleaner-tooth gage, for adjusting the latter against the tension of the spring, as set fort In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANL. CARLOS STEELE;

Witnessesi F. F. WELKER, E. II. BALL. 

